Travel Guide, Paris
With its broad boulevards, impressive architecture, world-class museums and sidewalk cafes, it is difficult to think of a city with more going for it than Paris. The capital of France and one of the world's top tourist destinations, Paris is crammed with visitors year round, with the crowds around the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral stifling in July and August. Whether one is a museum lover or just a lover, no other city compares: in addition to being full of art, history and saturnalia, it's also perfect for romance. Whatever else you do in Paris, make sure you walk along the Seine.
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Fast Facts
- When to go: All year round
- Population: 11,770,000 inhabitants
- Tourists per year: 45,000,000
- Area: 105 km2
- Language(s): French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois
- Altitude (in meters): 65
- Telephone code (prefix): +33
- Major exports: machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
- Major imports: machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
- http://www.paris.fr
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